Overview
Career outlook
Employers hire licensed practical nurses to provide basic patient care such as monitoring vital signs, administering medications, and assisting with daily needs under the supervision of registered nurses and physicians.
Getting in
What Centra College asks for, taken from its own admissions page.
What you'll need
- Transcripts
- Prerequisite courses
17-month PN certificate with full-time or part-time options; apply through NursingCAS. ATI TEAS required with overall score of 50 or higher; conferred high school diploma or GED and official transcripts due by the application deadline. First-semester courses (BIO 145 or 142, HLT 143, PSY 230, ENG 111, SDV 110) may be completed prior to admission; minimum 2.5 GPA required in first-semester PN courses.
Checked Oct 2026 on the school's site. Requirements change each cycle, so confirm before you apply.
Prerequisites
The prerequisites you'll need to meet to apply to this program at Centra College. Open a category to see each one.
College courses
5
Entrance exams
1
Application basics
2
Acceptees
Acceptees whose paths lead to this program, and how they got in.
